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Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by jasonm, Apr 21, 2009.

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  1. jasonm

    jasonm Member

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    I just changed the oil in my 1982 yamaha XJ650 maxim. I used a wix filter(24934) and I was wondering if it takes a little while for the O-ring on the cover to seat. It's leaking a little around the whole cover. Any info would be appreciated thanks
     
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    Nope - shouldn't be leaking at all. Possible you maybe got some dirt on it while installing?
     
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    Or it got out of place and pinched somewhere and the leak is migrating around it.
     
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    ooooo,

    I hate it when it gets out of place and gets pinched........
     
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    and then starts leaking no less...
     
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    Ok Thanks, I'll take it back off and check. Is there any way it could be upside down? Theres a tab on it and I put it towards the top. It fit in between 2 fins so I left it there. Is that right? Thanks again guys for your replys.
     
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    That's funny. I noticed a small drip of oil hanging off of my oil filter cover this morning. What I noticed first was the smoke from the headers as the oil started burning off. Should the filter be tightened more? Was that a dumb question?
     
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    Tab goes up between the fins as you have it. Be sure to tighten it properly and not over torque the bolt you will have a bigger mess.

    Most leaks will be the gasket...
     
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    The tab goes up between the fins?

    Be sure not to overtorque?

    Man, I need to get on a date more often.

    This thread is starting to perk me up.
     
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    Sometimes these threads take strange turns :lol:
     
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    If that is starting to perk you up its time to get out of the garage or stop popping little blue pills...
     
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    NO!!! You don't want more than 11ft/lbs on that oil filter bolt!!!

    No such thing as a dumb question... (there are of course dumb answers)
    We, and by we I mean the forum collectively have either had this done to our bikes or know someone who has over torqued that bolt trying to stop a leak. For this application, tightening doesn't do any good. Buy good oil o-rings (such as those that come with the oil filter kit from FRAM) and fix the problem at the start.
     
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    I thought the cover said 1.5KG/meter ...
     
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    I use an air impact wrench on mine. (I don't want any oil to leak out and cause any more global warming.)
     
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    1kg=2.2LBS
    1.5kg=a little over 3lbs

    1M=roughly 3'

    a little over 3lbs x a little over 3' = about 11ft/lbs


    and i wonder why i failed high school math... "practical math means close enough!"
     
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    I didn't know the conversion from kg/m to ft/lb.
     
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    I teach high school science and if I could get the kids to do the above I would be exstatic. Instead, they want to punch a bunch of number's into a calculator and get a silly answer like 10.8559536471 ft-lbs. You would have passed my math class easily! (Except the minus points for your units which are ft-lbs (multiplication) not ft/lbs (division). :)

    7.24 ft-lb (or lb-ft) = 1 Kgf-M

    Kgf is kilogram (force) the equivalent force to 1 kilogram of mass or 9.8 Newtons
     
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  18. bigfitz52

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    I ALWAYS torque mine to exactly 10.8559536471 ft/lbs, doesn't everyone?
     
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    crap i think mine might be loose i only torque it to 10.8559536470 ft/lbs 8O im screwed!
     
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    Wouldn't torquing to 1.08559536471E+01 be a better bet?

    Or, alternatively ln(exp(10.8559536471))? That would be perfect.
     
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